This paper studies CEOs with overseas experience, known as returnee CEOs. We show that Chinese returnee CEOs are associated with inferior performance, lower market reactions to appointment announcements and an adverse regulatory environment. We argue that CEOs' international expertise is...

This paper studies CEOs with overseas experience, known as returnee CEOs. We show that Chinese returnee CEOs are associated with inferior performance, lower market reactions to appointment announcements and an adverse regulatory environment. We argue that CEOs' international expertise is...

The recent institutional reforms in China provide new settings to explore various important topics in finance. Three major reforms are namely the Anti-Corruption Campaign, Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Belt and Road initiative (also known as the land and maritime Silk Road...